MAJOR, DAVID R.: 1866-1936.
David R. Major , son of Thomas and Almeda Allen Major, was born at Frankfort, Ind., on Mar. 26, 1866, and graduated from Wabash College in 1890, receiving the Ph.D. degree from Cornell University in 1896 and the LL.B. from Indiana University Law School in 1916. On Jan. 8, 1901, he married Mary Randolph Campbell.
From 1890 to 1898 he served as a superintendent and principal of various public schools, in 1899-1900 was professor of pedagogy at the University of Nebraska, in 1900-01 was professor of pedagogy at Columbia University, and from 1901 to 1914 was professor of the psychology of education at Ohio State University. Following his graduation from law school, he practiced law at Columbus, O., until his death.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- Teleology in the Critical Philosophy of Kant.
Ithaca, N. Y., 1897.
- First Steps in Mental Growth. New
York, 1906.
- The Elements of Psychology. Columbus,
0., 1913.
- Introduction to Philosophy. Garden City, N.
Y., 1933.
